Bamford receives first England call-up for World Cup qualifiers

Bamford
has
been
given
the
nod
by
Gareth
Southgate
for
the
games
against
Hungary,
Andorra
and
Poland.

The
27-year-old
scored
17
goals
in
38
games
for
Leeds
on
their
return
to
the
Premier
League
last
season.

Liverpool
full-back
Trent
Alexander-Arnold
and
Burnley
goalkeeper
Nick
Pope
were
also
named
in
a
25-man
squad
after
missing
Euro
2020
due
to
injury,
while
Manchester
United
forward
Jesse
Lingard
has
been
recalled.

There
is
no
place
for
United’s
in-form
teenage
forward
Mason
Greenwood
or
Chelsea
left-back
Ben
Chilwell.

England
boss
Southgate
said
“This
is
a
fresh
cycle.
We
were
never
looking
to
make
a
lot
of
changes.
Ben
White
has
had
a
situation
with
COVID
[the
Arsenal
defender
tested
positive],
Ben
Chilwell
hasn’t
played
a
game
since
the
Champions
League
final.

“Those
two
are
ruled
out.
[Phil]
Foden
and
[Marcus]
Rashford
injured.
We
were
very
pleased
with
Ollie
Watkins,
now
it’s
an
opportunity
for
Patrick.
His
progress
at
Leeds
has
been
excellent.
We’ve
worked
with
him
at
Under-21,
it’s
a
fabulous
moment
for
him
and
his
family.”

The
Three
Lions,
beaten
by
Italy
in
the
Euro
2020
final
at
Wembley
last
month,
face
Hungary
at
the
Puskas
Arena
on
September
2
before
taking
on
Andorra
at
Wembley
three
days
later
and
travel
to
Poland’s
Stadion
Narodowy
on
September
8.

England
are
top
of
Group
I
with
three
wins
out
of
three,
leading
Hungary
by
two
points.

England
squad:
Sam
Johnstone
(West
Brom),
Jordan
Pickford
(Everton),
Nick
Pope
(Burnley);
Trent
Alexander-Arnold
(Liverpool),
Conor
Coady
(Wolves),
Reece
James
(Chelsea),
Harry
Maguire
(Manchester
United),
Tyrone
Mings
(Aston
Villa),
Luke
Shaw
(Manchester
United),
John
Stones
(Manchester
City),
Kieran
Trippier
(Atletico
Madrid),
Kyle
Walker
(Manchester
City),
Jude
Bellingham
(Borussia
Dortmund),
Jordan
Henderson
(Liverpool),
Jesse
Lingard
(Manchester
United),
Mason
Mount
(Chelsea),
Kalvin
Phillips
(Leeds
United),
Declan
Rice
(West
Ham
United);
Patrick
Bamford
(Leeds
United),
Dominic
Calvert-Lewin
(Everton),
Jack
Grealish
(Manchester
City),
Harry
Kane
(Tottenham),
Bukayo
Saka
(Arsenal),
Jadon
Sancho
(Manchester
United),
Raheem
Sterling
(Manchester
City).